Proposed standards
The following standards are being proposed and drafted. You cannot view these standards at this time.
| Standard | Description |
|---|---|
| Access to Cloud Resources within the DfE Enterprise Landing Zone Model (ELZM) | This standard defines the Department for Education (DfE)'s approach to the principle of least privilege when accessing or managing resources within the DfE’s Enterprise Landing Zone Model (ELZM). |
| Architecture Decision Record | An Architectural Decision Record (ADR) captures a single justified design choice that addresses a functional or non-functional requirement and its rationale. ADRs express the decision, along with trade-offs and consequences. A collection of ADRs created and maintained by a project is a decision log. |
| Content Management Systems (CMS) | Content management systems provide teams with the ability to manage content in products and services through user-friendly editors without having to make changes through source code. |
| Data Access Control | Data access control is a protective strategy that manages who can access, modify, or view specific data. It’s an integral part of cybersecurity and data management, maintaining the privacy, confidentiality, integrity, and availability of sensitive information through restrictions and permissions. |
| Data Decommissioning | Data decommissioning is the process of retiring and removing data systems, applications, or services that are no longer needed. This involves ensuring that any data stored in these systems is either transferred to a new system, archived for future reference, or securely deleted if it’s no longer required. |
| Data Mapping | In DfE data mapping captures all data, where and how it enters our estate, where it is stored, how it flows throughout the department and what purpose it is used for. |
| Decommissioning Standard | |
| End User Computing Devices (laptops and phones) | This standard defines client devices to be used within DfE. It applies to devices used by DfE staff, managed services and contingent workers to access corporate (as opposed to sector or public-facing) DfE services and data. |
| Learning Management Platform | This standard outlines the approved use of Moodle as the learning management system (LMS) for the Social Work Practice Development Programme (SWPDP) in the Vulnerable Children and families portfolio at DfE. It ensures consistency, maintainability, and alignment with GOV.UK design principles. |
| Licencing source code | |
| Metadata Management | Effective metadata management ensures consistent organisation, discovery, comprehension, and utilisation of DfE’s data throughout its lifecycle. |
| Relational Database Management Systems | Store relational data in a supported relational database management system, using PaaS cloud resources to isolate data from other compute functions. |
| Source code management | |
| Storing source code | As a department we want ensure consistency over where we store our source code, this standard sets where source code produced for the department must be stored. |
| Technical Standard: Corporate Network Boundary Protection |